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Streets of New Capenna Instant-Speed Tricks

by Sameer Merchant // Apr 22, 2022

This is a list of all the instant-speed tricks in Streets of New Capenna. Each color is sorted by mana value and then rarity.

Notes

I've listed Even the Score as blue even though it can be cast for just X under certain conditions because I feel those conditions will occur extremely rarely in Limited.

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless		Quick-Draw Dagger	Artifact	Flash When Quick-Draw Dagger enters the battlefield, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains first strike until end of turn. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
White		Boon of Safety	Instant	Put a shield counter on target creature. (If that creature would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Scry 1.
	/	Knockout Blow	Instant	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a red creature. Knockout Blow deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature and you gain 2 life.
		Revelation of Power	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it has a counter on it, it also gains flying and lifelink until end of turn.
		Refuse to Yield	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+7 until end of turn. Untap it.
		Kill Shot	Instant	Destroy target attacking creature.
		Swooping Protector	Creature	Flash Flying Swooping Protector enters the battlefield with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)	2/1
Blue	/	Even the Score	Instant	This spell costs {U}{U}{U} less to cast if an opponent has drawn four or more cards this turn. Draw X cards.
		An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
		Slip Out the Back	Instant	Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)
		Errant, Street Artist	Creature	Flash Defender, haste {1}{U}, {T}: Copy target spell you control that wasn't cast. You may choose new targets for the copy.	0/3
		Disdainful Stroke	Instant	Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.
		Make Disappear	Instant	Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.) Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
		Faerie Vandal	Creature	Flash Flying Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Faerie Vandal.	1/2
		A Little Chat	Instant	Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.) Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.
	/	Out of the Way	Instant	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a green permanent. Return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
		Majestic Metamorphosis	Instant	Until end of turn, target artifact or creature becomes a 4/4 Angel artifact creature and gains flying. Draw a card.
		Psionic Snoop	Creature	Flash When Psionic Snoop enters the battlefield, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)	0/3 or 1/4
		Case the Joint	Instant	Draw two cards, then look at the top card of each player's library.
		Run Out of Town	Instant	The owner of target nonland permanent puts it on the top or bottom of their library.
Black		Fake Your Own Death	Instant	Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
		Dig Up the Body	Instant	Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.) Mill two cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
		Murder	Instant	Destroy target creature.
		Deal Gone Bad	Instant	Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. Target player mills three cards. (They put the top three cards of their library into their graveyard.)
		Demon's Due	Instant	Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life.
		Graveyard Shift	Sorcery	This spell has flash as long as there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard. Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Red		Daring Escape	Instant	Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Scry 1.
		Torch Breath	Instant	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a blue permanent. This spell can't be countered. Torch Breath deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker.
		Antagonize	Instant	Target creature gets +4/+3 until end of turn.
		Call In a Professional	Instant	Players can't gain life this turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn. Call In a Professional deals 3 damage to any target. (Shield counters don't prevent this damage as they're removed.)
		Big Score	Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
Green		For the Family	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you control four or more creatures, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.
	/	Bouncer's Beatdown	Instant	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a black permanent. Bouncer's Beatdown deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead.
		Luxurious Libation	Instant	Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn. Create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token.
		Prizefight	Instant	Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
		Broken Wings	Instant	Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.
		Most Wanted	Enchantment	Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1. When enchanted creature dies, create two Treasure tokens.
		Warm Welcome	Instant	Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token.
Multi-Color		Tainted Indulgence	Instant	Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard.
		Exotic Pets	Instant	Create two 1/1 blue Fish creature tokens with "This creature can't be blocked." Then for each kind of counter among creatures you control, put a counter of that kind on either of those tokens.
		Brokers Charm	Instant	Choose one — • Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. • Destroy target enchantment. • Draw two cards.
		Cabaretti Charm	Instant	Choose one — • Cabaretti Charm deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker. • Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn. • Create two 1/1 green and white Citizen creature tokens.
		Maestros Charm	Instant	Choose one — • Look at the top five cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. • Each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life. • Maestros Charm deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
		Obscura Charm	Instant	Choose one — • Return target multicolored permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. • Counter target instant or sorcery spell. • Destroy target creature or planeswalker with mana value 3 or less.
		Riveteers Charm	Instant	Choose one — • Target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker they control with the highest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control. • Exile the top three cards of your library. Until your next end step, you may play those cards. • Exile target player's graveyard.
		Endless Detour	Instant	The owner of target spell, nonland permanent, or card in a graveyard puts it on the top or bottom of their library.
		Void Rend	Instant	This spell can't be countered. Destroy target nonland permanent.
		Obscura Interceptor	Creature	Flash Lifelink When Obscura Interceptor enters the battlefield, it connives. When it connives this way, return up to one target spell to its owner's hand. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)	3/1
		Unleash the Inferno	Instant	Unleash the Inferno deals 7 damage to target creature or planeswalker. When it deals excess damage this way, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to that amount of excess damage.
Hybrid		Evelyn, the Covetous	Creature	Flash Whenever Evelyn, the Covetous or another Vampire enters the battlefield under your control, exile the top card of each player's library with a collection counter on it. Once each turn, you may play a card from exile with a collection counter on it if it was exiled by an ability you controlled, and you may spend mana as though it were any color to cast it.	2/5